Historical romance Books

The last princess of Moray. The last Pecht prince. Each Man to His destiny. As the last male heir of the dún Scoti clan, Keane's future is known from the hour of his birth: Someday, he must take his brother's place as Guardian of...

After the death of her mother, Emmalin Hammond discovers she is not the heiress she’d always assumed she’d be. The revelation exposes her fiancé’s true intentions when he withdraws his marriage proposal, leaving Emmalin...

A young suitor with his eyes on a forbidden love... and an old feud that threatens to tear them apart.Locked in a secret romance with the stunning Lady Amelia, Philip, the Earl of Crawford is determined to win her hand in marriage... but if her pompous...

In New York Times bestselling author Marie Force’s dazzling historical romance debut, the clock is ticking for a wealthy Duke who must marry by his thirtieth birthday—or lose his title . . . Derek Eagan, the dashing Duke of...

She had no idea what passion was,Until she saw them... Lady Alain needs a husband, and Lord Quintin Wyntor will do just fine.She wants to offer him a mutual agreement of respect and independence—As long as he never visits her bed to claim his...

Thorne Magnus Calder, heir to the Duke of St. Cyr has been betrayed by his own heart. Watching Quinn court the lovely Lady Alain was a pain so visceral he quit London for India.All Calder wanted was to put some distance between them and investigate...

An injured lawman. A nervous young woman. Can love help tame this wild frontier?Sheriff Jacob Benning longs for the pitter-patter of tiny feet. But after placing a mail-order bride ad, he breaks his arm and ruins his penmanship so that any educated lady...

On her way to run the Sunday School, the Methodist minister's daughter finds a handsome but badly injured man unconscious on the doorstep. Being good Samaritans, they take him in and call the doctor. When he regains consciousness, they find he has...

'Whisky in the Jar' is an historical novel based on the illicit whisky distilling and smuggling activities that occurred around the eighteenth century on Loch Lomondside. Duncan Robertson is an heroic figure who finds himself ensnared in the conflict...

John MacCormick was born on the Isle of Mull c. 1870. Through his life, he produced numerous short stories and some of the earliest known novels in Scottish Gaelic. The style of his writing has strong influences from the ceilidh house tradition,...

I guess our life on the island was one which never fit you right. I like to imagine you some days when I look out the window across the harbour, all those miles of sea and land between us. But, sister, we are always connected.When young nurse Emer loses...

A tale of second glances and second chancesElizabeth Bennet has disliked the aloof and arrogant Mr. Darcy since he insulted her at a village dance several months before. But an unexpected conversation with a startling turn of phrase suddenly causes her...

The Lady of the Camellias is a semi-autobiographical novel based on the author's brief love affair with a courtesan, Marie Duplessis. Set in mid-19th-century France, the novel tells the tragic love story between fictional characters Marguerite Gautier, a...

Set in the 20th century, From Leeds to Lashburn by Joyce Sjogren is a historical romance which begins in Britain and ends in Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1903, while in England, Louise Hesley receives a letter from her lover in Canada, telling...

Demitasse Divorce is a deep existential and erotic love story that breaks our sense of convention and a few taboos about marriage, sexuality, and "infidelity." The setting is the majestic mid-Hudson Valley circa 1992. The story is centered on Elia and...

"You should consider yourself fortunate not to have lost your heart to another, for I cannot recommend it." From an early age, Sarah Cranshaw has exhibited an unladylike interest in scientific pursuits. Whether it's memorising train timetables or...

When she ran away in 1947, Jasmine Holmes was beautiful. Now she's back: sick, broke, divorced, her life in ruins-a perfect project for her aunt Emma Madison, master meddler. But small-town secrets live long in darkness, and the ones that Jasmine Holmes...

What would you do if you discover a strange relationship between three classic novels, of three famous Latin American authors, with your life? Aleph is the story of a writer who tries to solve the mysterious relationship between three classics of Latin...

1877--Rossburg, Pennsylvania--Golden Age of the Lumber Barons--Sawmill worker and Scottish immigrant Ian Douglas loses his sister and mother to an influenza epidemic and blames it on poverty. This sets him on a determined quest for wealth. Over the...

Falling in love with your high school sweetheart can be a storybook romance unless it is during the Vietnam War. Nothing is certain for Gavin and Bekah. A Jewish girl and a Catholic boy who learn traditions of the past can enlighten the future if Christ...

Can recovery from a brush with death lead to redemption?The cattle wars of the West pushed people into treacheryThe definitive editionLarge print edition16-point font for easy reading.Features an extended biography of the life and experiences of Pearl...

When Van Buren, Arkansas, is inundated with Forty-Niners seeking to outfit themselves with horses before heading west, Justin Hogue sees it as the perfect opportunity to step out of his father's shadow to establish a horse ranch. The same influx of...

All ex-slave Violette McMillan ever wanted is to see her troubled daughter Emerald grow up to be a better person than she has been, so when Benjamin Catlett, an old acquaintance, asks her to become his bookkeeper in 1869, in a business that is sinking...

To escape a contentious relationship, Emily Hammons answers a mail-order bride ad from a dentist in Abilene. Arriving a day late, she is shocked to find him exchanging vows with another woman.Handsome rancher, Clint McCall came to town to fetch the...

When Carrie Franklin struggles with a drunk, leaving him unconscious, or perhaps dead, she flees. Forgetting the promise to her deceased mother she deserts her feckless brother and takes the train to Abilene, Texas.Carrie shares a seat with Molly, who...

Dinah Devereaux, New Orleans-born slave and seamstress, suddenly finds herself relegated to a sweltering kitchen on the Natchez town estate of Riverwood. Having never cooked a day in her life, she is terrified of being found out and banished to the...

A novice hunter with a mission. A five-hundred-year-old vampire with a strong sense of irony. A town plagued by creatures in need of saving. When Johnathan Newman arrives in Cress Haven, the last thing he expects is for his life to be irrevocably...

As Lady Cecilia Branstoke convalesces after a severe bout of influenza, an urgent plea for assistance arrives from their friend, Mrs. Montgomery: The Earl of Soothcoor languishes in a goal in Lincolnshire, accused of murder. The victim? Mrs. Montgomery's...

From dream to reality... Margo Menlove adores everything Scottish. But when she wins a Highland vacation, she's disappointed by the whirlwind tourist trail she's taken on. She wants to experience the Scotland of warriors such as the legendary Magnus...

Faith and duty drive Evangeline Moore to protect her father's pristine image as a judge in Harrisburg, Illinois. Her resolve's biggest test? Dot, her childhood friend. With Evangeline beside her, Dot's desire for the Roaring Twenties' glitz and glamor...

A Devil's BargainCaptain Simon Harcourt returns to England with one purpose: to breed rare horses, keeping his vow to his dying friend. The last person he expects to aid him is the ruthless Earl of Ravenscroft, who enacts a devil's bargain. Ravenscroft...

AD 454. Three years after the Roman victory over Attila the Hun at Catalaunum, Arria Felix and Garic the Frank are married and enjoying life on Garic’s farm in northern Gaul (France). Their happy life is interrupted when a cryptic message arrives...

Willow Grove Abbey is the first novel in the Somerville Trilogy, set in England, and spanning the years from 1935 to 1945. This fast-paced novel focuses upon the life of the primary character, Lady Sophia Somerville, who begins life as the daughter of...

When Sila, a beautiful Cherokee teenager, flees her abusive husband in the dead of winter, she finds herself knocking on the door of a mill office, desperate for work-and meets the handsome Charley Barclay, the owner. Despite the fact that they have...

"Love means a lot when you don't know much about it," a woman once told the author. He didn't quite understand her then, but as time passed, he began to figure out what she meant. He has asked many people what the word love means, and everyone has had...

Widowed following a marriage of convenience, Jeannie MacWherter has fled lowland Dumfries, Scotland, for the highland cottage bequeathed to her late husband by his brother-in-arms, laird of the glen. Though she's never met the laird, local rumor labels...

Following his stint as a Marine during the Vietnam war, James needs something beyond the mundane conformity of his life in Vicksburg, Mississippi. As he enters the Peace Corps, a political reformer named Benigno Aquino is gunned down in the turbulent...

Cory Beecher didn't mean to shoot handsome Tyler Montgomery and only kisses him so he doesn't find the runaway slave in the barn. Abolitionists never considered marrying slave owners, but her world explodes with new found desire when her lips touch his...

Strange things are happening in King's Harbour. Midwife Maggie Wilson vows to find the person who almost murdered her sister. When her sister's behavior ignites old superstitions, the townspeople threaten to send her to an asylum. Maggie turns to...

Curlew Champion, master archer, has always known his destiny. With his cousin, Heron Scarlet, he will become a guardian of Sherwood Forest and further his people's fight against Norman tyranny. But the third member of the triad is still to be revealed,...

Disinherited by her stepbrother because she refuses to marry as he wishes, Lady Adel Fitzhugh needs a miracle. When a storm drives a coach of travelers to their door, her miracle arrives in the form of Captain Liam O'Shea. Captain O'Shea is taking his...

Rebellious teen Teri Darden comes of age in the Summer of Love, 1967, falling hard for Tim Olson, who plays bass guitar in a soon-to-be-famous rock band called Virgin Ram. When the band goes on a lengthy tour, Tim and Teri not only lose touch with each...